The new Merseyside Liverpool Echo Arena will be rocking to a different beat on the evenings of Friday and Saturday 23rd and 24th of January, when an international star studded line-up of champion riders invade the waterside venue for the second and third rounds of the British Supercross Championships.

The series will be making its second annual visit to this outstanding venue, which will celebrate its first anniversary in January with the return of the British Supercross Championship. The arena is situated in the newly developed Albert Dock tourist area which is alive with people, hotels, bars, restaurants, and other tourist attractions and is all just a short walk to the city centre of the famous music city.

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Last years inaugural Liverpool Supercross event at the newly completed Liverpool Echo Arena attracted a healthy size crowd on Friday evening followed by a capacity crowd on Saturday evening. All were treated to two nights of outstanding racing entertainment from some of the best riders from around the globe. This year's event promises to be even better than last year after close exciting battles in all three pro classes at round one of the Championship at the Sheffield Arena in October.

Defending SX1 champion Mike Brown hailing from Tennessee USA and defending SX2 champ Colton Facciotti from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada will be back to defend their respective titles. The best of British riders will also be in Liverpool to compete against the international riders and compete in the new British only Open Pro class. Following Liverpool the series moves on to the fourth and final round at The O2 Arena the following Saturday evening on the 31st of January. Be a part of history. Get your tickets now call the Liverpool Echo Arena box office on 0844 800 0400. For London tickets call 0844 856 0202 or visit www.fwsx.com

Current standings after round one at Sheffield:

British Open

1. 2 Tommy Searle Red Bull KTM KTM 250F

2. 23 Carl Nunn Suso Motovision Suzuki Suzuki 250F

3. 104 Gordon Crockard PAR Honda Honda 250F

4. 50 Martin Barr Relentless Suzuki Suzuki 250F

5. 272 Neville Bradshaw DB Racing Honda 250F

6. 60 Scott Elderfield PAR Honda Honda 250F

7. 77 Jack Brunell IHLE Racing Honda 250F

8. 11 Glen Phillips KTM KTM 250F

9. 511 Steven Clarke Relentless Suzuki MX Suzuki 250F

10. 144 Elliott Banks Brown Suzuki Swift MX Suzuki 250F

11. 33 Ashley Greedy Talbot Cabs Suzuki 250F

12. 500 Carl Brogden KTM 250F

SX2

1. 1 Mike Brown USA Red Bull KTM KTM 250f

2. 2 Tommy Searle GBR Red Bull KTM KTM 250f

3. 12 Kyle Beaton CAN Dixon UTAG Yamaha Yamaha 250f

4. 701 Tyler Bright USA DK Suzuki Suzuki 250f

5. 23 Carl Nunn Suso GBR Motovision Suzuki Suzuki 250f

6. 272 Neville Bradshaw RSA DB Racing Honda 250f

7. 50 Martin Barr IRLRelentless Suzuki Suzuki 250f

8. 134 Rasmus Jorgensen DEN Relentless Suzuki Suzuki 250f

9. 59 Lloyd Vercuill RSA Wildmoor Kawasaki Kawasaki 250f

10. 511 Steven Clarke GBR Relentless Suzuki Suzuki 250f

11. 144 Elliott Banks Brown GBR Suzuki Swift MX Suzuki 250F

12. 1* Colton Facciotti CAN U Tag Dixin Yamaha Yamaha 250f

SX1

1. 1 Colton Facciotti CAN Dixon UTAG Yamaha Yamaha 250f

2. 13 Heath Voss USA PAR Honda Honda 450f

3. 801 Jeff Alessi USA PAR Honda Honda 450f

4. 1 Mike Brown USA Red Bull KTM KTM 250f

5. 701 Tyler Bright USA DK Suzuki Suzuki 250f

6. 511 Steven Clarke GBR Relentless Suzuki 250f

7. 979 Ben Coisy FRA Honda

8. 104 Gordan Crockard IRL PAR Hoomes Honda Honda

9. 12 Kyle Beaton CAN U Tag Dixin Yamaha Yamaha 250f

10. 33 Ashley Greedy WALES Talbot Cabs Suzuki 250F

11. 56 Luke Remmer GBR Kawasaki 250F

12. 59 Lloyd Vercuill RSA Wildmoor KTM 250

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